Hairbrush



L W. P. BUCHANAN HAIRBRUSH I Filed Sept, 1-5 192? 3 Shets-Sheet lINVENTOR ATTO RM EY Dec. 9, 1924.

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Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITE STATES ISAAC W. 1. BUCHANAN, OF LEBANON, TENNESSEE.

HAIRB-RUSI-I.

Application filed September 16, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Isaac W. P. BU- CHANAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Wilson and State ofTennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair Brushes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

One object of my said invention is the provision of a brush, moreespecially a hair brush, characterized by a detachable feature whichrenders feasible effective sterilization by hot water or otherwisewithout injuring the back with which the brush is ordinarily provided.

Another object is the provision of a hair brush having bristles of metalor alloy adapted to slip through the hair and to straighten out tangleswithout liability of breaking the hairs.

The renewability of the bristle pad comprised in my novel brush affordsa practically new brush for an indefinite period of time at a very lowcost.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure1 is a plan view showing the bristle side of a hair brush constitutingthe best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail longitudinal section of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan View showing the inner side of the brush head orback.

Figure 4; is a transverse section on the line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 4 is a transverse section of the complete brush.

Figure 5 is a'view of the bristle carrying pad per se.

Figure 6 is an inverted plan view of the resilient or spring fastenermember.

Figure 7 is an enlarged section of said fastener, taken on the line 7-of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a transverse section of a modification hereinafterexplicitly referred to.

Figure 9 is a face view of another modification.

Figure 10 is a transverse section of the lastnamed modification.

Similar numerals of reference designate corres ondin parts in Figures 1to 7 to which reference will first be made.

Serial No. 588,6.76.

The preferred embodiment of my invention shown in Figures 1 to 7comprises among other elements a head or back 1, the said headparticularly for hair brushes being ordinarily finished and handsome.For the sake of clearness I designate the face of the head or back bythe reference character 2, Figures 2, 3 and 4. On the said face 2 Isecure a keeper in the form of a plate shown as of ellipticalconfiguration. At intervals the said plate 3 is provided with portions4; struck therefrom and adapted to rest solidly against the flat face 2and be connected thereto by screws 5 or other approtween the tongues land each disposed at an obtuse angle to the face 2, and an outer flange6 the outer flange being of less width than the inner flanges 6 in aboutthe proportion shown in Figure 4. At the forward end of the brush andcoincident with the forward tongue 4, the outer flange 6 is providedwith a notch 7 for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

Detachable from the head or back 1 equipped as described is a bristlecarrying pad 8 and a fastener 01' fastener member 11. The pad 8 ispreferably in the form of a sheet of rubber or other appropriate elasticmaterial possessed of a tendency to assume a fiat state. The said padwhen applied as shown in Figure 2 assumes a conoavo-convex state in alldirections for a purpose hereinafter pointed out. The b istles 9 carriedby the pad 8 may be of any description without involving departure fromcertain of my appended claims. I prefer, however, to form the bristles 9of wires with heads at their inner ends, disposed back of the pad 8. thebristles extending through the pad. The free ends of the bristles 9 whenthe same are formed of metal or alloy are preferably molded at theirouter ends so as to adapt them to freely slip through the hair, and notirritate the scalp. When the pad 8 is disposed in the keeper member 3 asshown in Figure 2, it will be manifest that the pad 8 will be buckled orcaused to assume and remain in a concavoconvex state so that thebristles 9 will be adequately cushioned and will be permitted to freelymove endwise inwardly and outwardly with the pad 8 as well as to swinglaterally in all directions, from which it follows that the body ofbristlesin use will conform to the configuration of the head of the userand in that way will conduce to the perfect brushing of hair. It willalso be noted that with the pad applied as shown in hig- 12, the saidface flange 12 being preferably pitched inwardly toward the face 2 ofthe head or back 1, as best shown in Figure 2. At its forward end thefastener member 11 is provided with an aperture 15, Figures 1 and 2, fora purpose hereinafter set forth.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the fastener member 11 has been snappedinto engagement with the keeper member 3, and consequently the saidmember 11 will retain itself in position and will strongly hold thebristle pad 8, it being noted that the inner edge of the flange 12 bearson the pad 8 so as to strongly hold the pad between the edge of theflange 12 and the inner edges of the flanges 6" on the keeper member 3.On the other hand the resilient or spring keeper member 11 issusceptible of being quickly and easily disassociated from the keepermember 3. This will be better appreciated when it is stated that toremove the fastener member 11 it is simply necessary to introduce a nailor a similar instrument through the opening 15 and with the nail bearingagainst the adjacent tongue at or the face 2, to pry the end of themember 11 out of engagement with the adjacent end of the keeper member3. Subsequent to said disengagement and removal of the keeper member 11,the pad 8 may be expeditiously and easily removed from the keeper member3 and the head or back 1, and the said pad 8 and its bristles may besubjected to a cleansing operation, and may then be replaced inengagement with the keeper member 3 or if desired a. fresh bristle padmay be placed in engagement with the member 3. After the placing of apad 8 in the keeper member 3 in the manner before described, the pad isadjusted to render it symmetrical, and the fastener member 11 is thenplaced over the edge portion of the pad, and is engaged with the keepermember 3. In this connection I would have it understood that the rearend of the fastener member is engaged with the corresponding end of thekeeper member 3, and the sides of the member 11 are then pressed intoengagement with the sides of the keeper member 3, after whichthe forwardend of the fastener member 11 is sprung into engagement with the forwardend of the keeper member 3.. It

will be manifest that when the fastener member 11 is applied as stated,its flange 13 will hold it on the bight 6 of the keeper member 3 and atthe same time the fastener member 11 will completely hide from view thekeeper member 3 with the result that the finished appearance of thebrush as a whole will be enhanced.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the fastener member 11springs on the keeper member 3, andby reason of its resiliency retainsitself securely on the keeper member 3 without being liableto casualdis-. placement; and it will also be apparent that the confinement ofthe edge portion of the flexible pad 8 on the inclined flange 6 of thekeeper member 3 serves to adequately support the edge portion of the pad8 while the pad is in the concavo-convex state illustrated.

It will be further apparent from the foregoing that the usefulness of mynovel brush may be prolonged indefinitely by simply renewing the pads 8as occasion demands.

In the modification shown in Figure 8 the back or head l is equipped onits face 2 with an elliptical keeper member 3 of general loop form incross-section, the said keeper member 3 being of general ellipticalconfiguration and being fastened to the head or back 1 so as to receivethe edge por tion of a thick pad, 8, of rubber or equivalent materialthrough which the bristles, 9 are extended as illustrated, the heads ofthe said bristle 9 being confined in or against the face 2 of the heador back 1*. modified construction I also employ a fastener member 11,the said fastener member 11 being of elliptical configuration andprovided with flanges 12 and 13 for the same purposes as thecorresponding flanges of the member 11 in Figures 1 and 2.

In the modification shown in Figures 9 and 10 a keeper member 3 issecured to a head or back 1, the bristle carrying pad 8 similar to pad 8is arranged with its edge portion. in the keeper member 3,and a fastenermember 11 is employed, the said fastener member 11 being in the form ofa split resilient loop and being adapted when sprung over the edgeportion of the pad 8 and under the flange 12 of the member 3 to stronglythough detachably secure the bristle carrying pad, 8, in the workingposition shown in Figures 9 and 10.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangementjof the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiments of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiments. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the said specific construction andrelative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of theinvention Various changes In said and modifications may be made such asfall within the scope of my invent-ion as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, 1s:

1. The combination in a brush, of a pad, bristles carried by said padand arranged in a group spaced from the edge of the pad, a back the faceof which is opposed to the back of the pad, keeper means on the back andabout the pad and receiving the edge of said pad, and fastening meansabout the group of bristles carried by the pad and detachably engagedwith both the pad and the keeper means; one of the two said means beingresilient.

2. The combination in abrush, of a pad, bristles carried by said pad andarranged in a group spaced from the edge of the pad, a back the face ofwhich is opposed to the back of the pad, keeper means on the back andabout the pad and receiving the edge of said pad, and fastening meansabout both the pad and the keeper means and detachably engaged with bothof the same; one of the two said means being resilient.

3. In a brush, a back provided with a flat face, a looped keeper memberhaving portions connected to said face and also having a lower flangedisposed at an obtuse angle to the face and an outer rounded edgemerging into an upper flange over-lying and of less width than the lowerflange, a fl8Xlble, bristle-carrying pad having its edge portionarranged in said keeper member between the upper and lower flangethereof, and a looped resilient fastener member to yieldingly retainitself in engagement with the keeper member and having an inwardlydirected flange engaging the bristle-carrying pad.

4. In a brush, a back provided with a flat face, a looped keeper memberhaving portions connected to said face and also having a lower flangedisposed at an obtuse angle to the face and an outer rounded edgemerging into an upper flange overlying and of less width than the lowerflange, a flexible, ln'istle-carrying pad having its edge portionarranged in said keeper member between the upper and lower flangethereof, and alooped resilient fastener member to yieldingly retainitself in engagement with the keeper member and having an inwardlydirected flange engaging the bristle-carrying pad; the said keepermember having in one end thereof a notch in its upper flange, and thesaid fastener member having in one end an aperture adapted to registerwith the said notch for the insertion of a prying instrument.

5. In a brush, a back provided with a flat face, a looped keeper memberhaving portions connected to said face and also having a lower flangedisposed at an obtuse angle to the face and an outer rounded edgemerging into an upper flange overlying and of less width than the lowerflange, a flexible, bristle-carrying pad having its edge portionarranged in said keeper member between the upper and lower flangethereof, and a looped resilient fastener member to yieldingly retainitself in engagement with the keeper member and having an inwardlydirected flange engaging the bristle carrying pad; the said portions ofthe keeper member being struck from the lower flange thereof andapertured for the passage of connecting devices.

6. The combination in a brush, of a pad, bristles carried by said padand arranged in a group spaced from the edge of the pad, a back, theface of which is opposed to the back of the pad, keeper means on theback and about the pad and receiving the edge of said pad, the said padbeing flexible and the keeper means adjacent to the face of the backbeing disposed at an angle to said face, and fastening means about boththe pad and the keeper means and detachably engaged with both of thesame, one of the two said means being resilient.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ISAAC W. P. BUCHANAN.

